A Statistical Guide to the Countries of the World

Planet Earth is a truly beautiful place to live and it is full of diverse landscapes, cultures, languages and races. The circumference of the planet is 40,007.86km and the surface area of the planet is 510,072,000km². Land occupies 29.2% of the planet and the rest is water. Today the land on our planet mainly appears in large blocks which we call Continents. There are many small masses of land that fall outside the title of a continent but most of those are uninhabited. There is a debate about what constitutes a continent and how many there are but most people agree there are seven.

CONTINENT NAME

AREA (KM²)

PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL LANDMASS

TOTAL POPULATION

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION

Asia

43,820,000

29.50%

4,164,252,000

60%

Africa

30,370,000

20.40%

1,022,234,000

15%

North America

24,490,000

16.50%

542,056,000

8%

South America

17,840,000

12.00%

392,555,000

6%

Antarctica

13,720,000

9.20%

0

0%

Europe

10,180,000

6.80%

738,199,000

11%

Australia

9,008,500

5.90%

29,127,000

0.40%

These population figures and all figures in this article are accurate of 2012. Each continent is further broken down into territories, countries, and states. The number of countries and states is constantly changing as every few years new territories breaks away and aims for independence. This list I have compiled for this article might be very ‘outdated’ and unrecognisable in 100 years.

For each current country / territory I have outlined below six key statistics which I think really helps paint a picture about the country, its economy and its population.

International Statistics

* Please note * The International Statistics are split between three tables below. You might need to scroll left or right to see the full data stored in the below tables.

Country

Total Area (km²)

Life Expectancy

Literacy (%)

Population

Annual GDP ($USdollar)

Unemployment (%)

Afghanistan

647,500

45.02

28.1

29,419,928

$27,360,000,000

35

Akrotiri

123

15,700

Albania

28,748

77.41

98.7

3,002,859

$23,860,000,000

13.5

Algeria

2,381,740

74.5

69.9

35,406,303

$251,100,000,000

9.9

American Samoa

199

74.21

97

68,061

$575,300,000

29.8

Andorra

468

82.43

100

85,082

$3,300,000,000

2.9

Angola

1,246,700

38.76

67.4

18,056,072

$114,400,000,000

Anguilla

102

80.87

95

15,423

$175,400,000

8

Antarctica

14,000,000

1,100

Antigua and Barbuda

443

75.48

85.8

89,018

$1,425,000,000

11

Argentina

2,766,890

76.95

97.2

42,192,494

$596,000,000,000

7.9

Armenia

29,800

73.23

99.4

2,970,495

$16,860,000,000

7.1

Aruba

193

75.72

97.3

107,635

$2,258,000,000

6.9

Australia

7,686,850

81.81

99

22,015,576

$882,400,000,000

5.1

Austria

83,870

79.78

98

8,219,743

$332,000,000,000

4.5

Azerbaijan

86,600

67.36

98.8

9,493,600

$90,790,000,000

0.9

Bahrain

665

78.15

86.5

1,248,348

$29,710,000,000

15

Bangladesh

144,000

69.75

47.9

161,083,804

$258,600,000,000

4.8

Barbados

431

74.34

99.7

287,733

$6,227,000,000

10.7

Belarus

207,600

71.2

99.6

9,542,883

$131,200,000,000

1

Belgium

30,528

79.51

99

10,438,353

$394,300,000,000

8.5

Belize

22,966

68.23

76.9

327,719

$2,651,000,000

13.1

Benin

112,620

59.84

34.7

9,598,787

$13,990,000,000

Bermuda

53

80.71

98

69,080

$4,500,000,000

2.1

Bhutan

47,000

67.3

47

716,989

$3,875,000,000

4

Bolivia

1,098,580

67.57

86.7

10,290,003

$47,880,000,000

6.5

Bosnia and Herzegovina

51,129

78.81

96.7

4,622,292

$30,330,000,000

43.1

Botswana

600,370

58.05

81.2

2,098,018

$28,490,000,000

7.5

Brazil

8,511,965

72.53

88.6

205,716,890

$2,172,000,000,000

7

British Indian Ocean Territory

60

1,200

British Virgin Islands

153

77.63

97.8

31,148

$853,400,000

3.6

Brunei

5,770

76.17

92.7

408,786

$20,380,000,000

3.7

Bulgaria

110,910

73.59

98.2

7,037,935

$96,780,000,000

9.2

Burkina Faso

274,200

53.7

21.8

16,751,455

$19,990,000,000

77

Burma

678,500

64.88

89.9

53,999,804

$76,470,000,000

5.7

Burundi

27,830

58.78

59.3

10,216,190

$3,397,000,000

Cambodia

181,040

62.67

73.6

14,701,717

$30,180,000,000

3.5

Cameroon

475,440

54.39

67.9

19,711,291

$44,330,000,000

30

Canada

9,984,670

81.38

99

34,300,083

$1,414,000,000,000

8

Cape Verde

4,033

70.7

76.6

523,560

$1,908,000,000

21

Cayman Islands

262

80.68

98

51,384

$2,250,000,000

4.4

Central African Republic

622,984

50.07

48.6

5,057,208

$3,446,000,000

8

Chad

1,284,000

48.33

25.7

10,758,945

$17,360,000,000

Chile

756,950

77.7

95.7

16,888,760

$257,900,000,000

8.7

China

9,596,960

74.68

92.2

1,343,239,923

$11,440,000,000,000

4.3

Christmas Island

135

1,402

Clipperton Island

6

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

14

596

60

Colombia

1,138,910

74.55

92.8

44,725,543

$435,400,000,000

11.8

Comoros

2,170

64.2

56.5

737,284

$800,000,000

20

Cook Islands

240

74.7

95

10,777

$183,200,000

13.1

Coral Sea Islands

3

3

Costa Rica

51,100

77.72

94.9

4,636,348

$51,170,000,000

7.3

Cote d'Ivoire

322,460

56.78

48.7

21,504,162

$37,020,000,000

Croatia

56,542

75.79

98.1

4,480,043

$78,090,000,000

17.6

Cuba

110,860

77.7

99.8

11,087,330

$114,100,000,000

2

Cyprus

9,250

77.82

97.6

1,138,071

$22,970,000,000

5.6

Czech Republic

78,866

77.19

99

10,190,213

$261,300,000,000

7.1

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2,345,410

55.33

67.2

71,712,867

$23,120,000,000

Denmark

43,094

78.63

99

5,543,453

$201,700,000,000

4.2

Dhekelia

130

15,700

Djibouti

23,000

61.14

67.9

757,074

$2,105,000,000

59

Dominica

754

75.98

94

73,126

$758,000,000

23

Dominican Republic

48,730

77.31

87

9,956,648

$87,250,000,000

14.2

Ecuador

283,560

75.73

91

15,007,343

$115,000,000,000

5

Egypt

1,001,450

72.66

71.4

82,079,636

$497,800,000,000

9.7

El Salvador

21,040

73.44

81.1

6,052,064

$43,570,000,000

7

Equatorial Guinea

28,051

62.37

87

650,702

$23,820,000,000

22.3

Eritrea

121,320

62.52

58.6

5,792,984

$3,625,000,000

Estonia

45,226

73.33

99.8

1,291,170

$24,690,000,000

17.5

Ethiopia

1,127,127

56.19

42.7

88,013,491

$86,120,000,000

Falkland Islands

12,173

3,140

$105,100,000

Faroe Islands

1,399

79.72

49,057

$1,590,000,000

3.9

Fiji

18,270

71.31

93.7

957,780

$3,869,000,000

7.6

Finland

338,145

79.27

100

5,255,068

$186,000,000,000

8.4

France

547,030

81.19

99

64,057,792

$2,246,000,000,000

9.5

French Guiana

91,000

83

199,509

$1,551,000,000

French Polynesia

4,167

77.1

98

291,000

$4,718,000,000

11.7

Gabon

267,667

52.49

63.2

1,545,255

$22,480,000,000

21

Gaza Strip

360

73.92

92.4

1,604,238

40

Georgia

69,700

77.12

100

4,600,825

$22,440,000,000

16.4

Germany

357,021

80.07

99

82,282,988

$2,940,000,000,000

7.4

Ghana

239,460

61

57.9

24,339,838

$61,970,000,000

11

Gibraltar

6

78.68

80

28,877

$1,275,000,000

3

Greece

131,940

79.92

96

10,749,943

$318,100,000,000

12

Greenland

2,166,086

70.96

100

57,637

$1,989,000,000

6.8

Grenada

344

73.04

96

107,818

$1,098,000,000

12.5

Guadeloupe

1,780

90

452,776

Guam

549

78.34

99

180,865

11.4

Guatemala

108,890

70.88

69.1

13,550,440

$70,150,000,000

3.2

Guernsey

78

82.16

65,632

$2,742,000,000

0.9

Guinea

245,857

58.11

29.5

10,324,025

$10,810,000,000

Guinea-Bissau

36,120

48.7

42.4

1,565,126

$1,784,000,000

Guyana

214,970

67.08

98.8

748,486

$5,379,000,000

11

Country

Total Area (km²)

Life Expectancy

Literacy (%)

Population

Annual GDP ($USdollar)

Unemployment (%)

Haiti

27,750

62.17

52.9

9,203,083

$11,480,000,000

40.6

Holy See (Vatican City)

-

100

829

Honduras

112,090

70.61

80

7,989,415

$33,630,000,000

5.1

Hong Kong

1,092

82.04

93.5

7,089,705

$325,800,000,000

4.3

Hungary

93,030

74.79

99.4

9,880,059

$187,600,000,000

10.7

Iceland

103,000

80.9

99

308,910

$11,820,000,000

8.3

India

3,287,590

66.8

61

1,205,073,612

$4,060,000,000,000

10.8

Indonesia

1,919,440

71.33

90.4

242,968,342

$1,030,000,000,000

7.1

Iran

1,649,000

70.06

77

67,037,517

$818,700,000,000

14.6

Iraq

437,072

70.55

74.1

29,671,605

$113,400,000,000

15.3

Ireland

70,280

80.19

99

4,250,163

$172,300,000,000

13.7

Isle of Man

572

80.64

76,913

$2,719,000,000

1.8

Israel

20,770

80.96

97.1

7,353,985

$219,400,000,000

6.4

Italy

301,230

81.77

98.4

61,261,254

$1,871,000,000,000

8.4

Jamaica

10,991

73.45

87.9

2,847,232

$23,720,000,000

12.9

Jan Mayen

373

Japan

377,835

82.25

99

126,804,433

$4,310,000,000,000

5.1

Jersey

116

81.38

91,812

$5,100,000,000

2.2

Jordan

92,300

80.05

89.9

6,407,085

$34,530,000,000

13.4

Kazakhstan

2,717,300

68.51

99.5

15,460,484

$196,400,000,000

5.5

Kenya

582,650

59.48

85.1

40,046,566

$66,030,000,000

40

Kiribati

811

64.39

99,482

$618,000,000

2

Kosovo

10,887

91.9

1,815,048

$11,970,000,000

45

Kuwait

17,820

77.09

93.3

2,789,132

$136,500,000,000

2.2

Kyrgyzstan

198,500

70.04

98.7

5,508,626

$12,020,000,000

18

Laos

236,800

62.39

68.7

6,993,767

$15,690,000,000

2.5

Latvia

64,589

82.68

99.7

2,217,969

$32,510,000,000

14.3

Lebanon

10,400

75.01

87.4

4,125,247

$59,370,000,000

Lesotho

30,355

51.63

84.8

1,919,552

$3,303,000,000

45

Liberia

111,370

57

57.5

3,685,076

$1,691,000,000

85

Libya

1,759,540

77.65

82.6

6,461,454

$90,570,000,000

30

Liechtenstein

160

80.31

100

35,002

$5,028,000,000

1.5

Lithuania

65,200

75.34

99.6

3,545,319

$56,590,000,000

17.9

Luxembourg

2,586

79.61

100

467,538

$41,090,000,000

5.5

Macau

25

84.41

91.3

567,957

$18,470,000,000

2.9

Macedonia

25,333

75.14

96.1

2,072,086

$20,000,000,000

31.7

Madagascar

587,040

63.63

68.9

21,281,844

$19,410,000,000

Malawi

118,480

51.7

62.7

15,447,500

$12,980,000,000

Malaysia

329,750

73.79

88.7

26,160,256

$414,400,000,000

3.5

Maldives

300

74.45

93.8

395,650

$2,734,000,000

14.5

Mali

1,240,000

52.61

46.4

13,796,354

$16,770,000,000

30

Malta

316

79.72

92.8

406,771

$10,410,000,000

6.9

Marshall Islands

181

71.76

93.7

65,859

$133,500,000

36

Martinique

1,100

97.7

3,129,486

Mauritania

1,030,700

61.14

51.2

3,205,060

$6,655,000,000

30

Mauritius

2,040

74.48

84.4

1,294,104

$18,060,000,000

7.5

Mayotte

374

231,139

Mexico

1,972,550

76.47

91

114,975,406

$1,567,000,000,000

5.6

Micronesia

702

71.52

89

107,154

$238,100,000

22

Moldova

33,843

71.37

99.1

4,317,483

$10,990,000,000

6.5

Monaco

1

89.73

99

30,586

$976,300,000

Mongolia

1,564,116

68.31

97.8

3,086,918

$11,020,000,000

11.5

Montenegro

14,026

666,730

$6,724,000,000

14.7

Montserrat

102

73

97

5,118

$29,000,000

6

Morocco

446,550

75.9

52.3

31,627,428

$151,400,000,000

9.8

Mozambique

801,590

51.78

47.8

22,061,451

$21,810,000,000

21

Namibia

825,418

52.19

85

2,128,471

$14,600,000,000

51.2

Nauru

21

65.35

14,264

$60,000,000

90

Nepal

140,800

66.16

48.6

28,951,852

$35,810,000,000

46

Netherlands

41,526

79.68

99

16,783,092

$676,900,000,000

5.5

Netherlands Antilles

960

96.7

228,693

New Caledonia

19,060

76.75

96.2

229,993

$3,158,000,000

17.1

New Zealand

268,680

80.59

99

4,252,277

$117,800,000,000

6.5

Nicaragua

129,494

71.9

67.5

5,995,928

$17,710,000,000

8

Niger

1,267,000

53.4

28.7

15,878,271

$11,050,000,000

Nigeria

923,768

47.56

68

152,217,341

$377,900,000,000

4.9

Niue

260

95

1,354

$10,010,000

12

Norfolk Island

34

2,155

North Korea

120,540

68.89

99

22,757,275

$40,000,000,000

Northern Mariana Islands

477

77.08

97

48,317

$900,000,000

8

Norway

324,220

80.2

100

4,676,305

$255,300,000,000

3.6

Oman

212,460

74.22

81.4

2,967,717

$75,840,000,000

15

Pakistan

803,940

65.99

49.9

177,276,594

$464,900,000,000

15

Palau

458

71.78

92

20,879

$164,000,000

4.2

Panama

78,200

77.79

91.9

3,410,676

$44,360,000,000

6.5

Papua New Guinea

462,840

66.24

57.3

6,064,515

$14,950,000,000

1.8

Paraguay

406,750

76.19

94

6,375,830

$33,310,000,000

5.7

Peru

1,285,220

72.47

92.9

29,907,003

$275,700,000,000

7.9

Philippines

300,000

71.66

92.6

99,900,177

$351,400,000,000

7.3

Pitcairn Islands

47

48

Poland

312,685

76.05

99.8

38,463,689

$721,300,000,000

11.8

Portugal

92,391

78.54

93.3

10,735,765

$247,000,000,000

10.7

Puerto Rico

9,104

78.92

94.1

3,977,663

$64,840,000,000

12

Qatar

11,437

75.7

89

840,926

$150,600,000,000

0.5

Republic of the Congo

342,000

54.91

83.8

4,366,266

$17,110,000,000

Reunion

2,517

88.9

31

Romania

237,500

73.98

97.3

22,171,287

$254,200,000,000

8.2

Russia

17,075,200

66.29

99.4

139,390,205

$2,223,000,000,000

7.6

Rwanda

26,338

58.02

70.4

11,055,976

$12,160,000,000

Country

Total Area (km²)

Life Expectancy

Literacy (%)

Population

Annual GDP ($USdollar)

Unemployment (%)

Saint Helena

410

78.76

97

7,670

$18,000,000

14

Saint Kitts and Nevis

261

74.6

97.8

49,898

$684,000,000

4.5

Saint Lucia

616

76.84

90.1

160,922

$1,798,000,000

20

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

242

79.87

99

6,010

$48,300,000

10.3

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

389

74.15

96

104,217

$1,069,000,000

15

Samoa

2,944

72.4

99.7

192,001

$1,055,000,000

San Marino

61

83.01

96

31,477

$1,137,000,000

3.8

Sao Tome and Principe

1,001

63.11

84.9

175,808

$311,000,000

Saudi Arabia

1,960,582

74.11

78.8

29,207,277

$622,000,000,000

10.8

Senegal

196,190

59.78

39.3

14,086,103

$23,880,000,000

48

Serbia

102,350

74.32

96.4

7,344,847

$80,100,000,000

19.2

Seychelles

455

73.52

91.8

88,340

$2,053,000,000

2

Sierra Leone

71,740

56.13

35.1

5,245,695

$4,720,000,000

Singapore

692

82.14

92.5

4,701,069

$291,900,000,000

2.1

Slovakia

48,845

75.83

99.6

5,470,306

$120,200,000,000

13.5

Slovenia

20,273

77.3

99.7

2,003,136

$56,580,000,000

10.6

Solomon Islands

28,450

74.18

609,794

$1,627,000,000

Somalia

637,657

50.4

37.8

10,112,453

$5,896,000,000

South Africa

1,219,912

49.33

86.4

49,109,107

$524,000,000,000

23.3

South Korea

98,480

79.05

97.9

48,636,068

$1,459,000,000,000

3.3

South Sudan

644,329

27

8,260,490

Spain

504,782

81.17

97.9

40,548,753

$1,369,000,000,000

20

Sri Lanka

65,610

75.73

90.7

21,513,990

$106,500,000,000

5.4

Sudan

2,505,810

55.42

61.1

41,980,182

$100,000,000,000

18.7

Suriname

163,270

74.22

89.6

486,618

$4,711,000,000

9.5

Svalbard

62,049

2,067

Swaziland

17,363

48.66

81.6

1,354,051

$6,067,000,000

40

Sweden

449,964

81.07

99

9,074,055

$354,700,000,000

8.3

Switzerland

41,290

81.07

99

7,623,438

$324,500,000,000

3.9

Syria

185,180

74.69

76.9

22,198,110

$107,400,000,000

8.3

Taiwan

35,980

78.32

96.1

23,024,956

$821,800,000,000

5.2

Tajikistan

143,100

66.03

99.5

7,487,489

$14,740,000,000

2.2

Tanzania

945,087

52.85

69.4

41,892,895

$58,440,000,000

Thailand

514,000

73.6

92.6

66,404,688

$586,900,000,000

1.2

The Bahamas

13,940

71.18

95.6

316,182

$8,921,000,000

7.6

The Gambia

11,300

63.51

40.1

1,824,158

$8,921,000,000

Timor-Leste

15,007

68.27

58.6

1,201,255

$9,629,000,000

18.4

Togo

56,785

62.71

60.9

6,199,841

$5,974,000,000

Tokelau

10

1,400

$1,500,000

Tonga

748

75.16

98.9

122,580

$751,000,000

13

Trinidad and Tobago

5,128

71.37

98.6

1,228,691

$26,100,000,000

6.4

Tunisia

163,610

75.01

74.3

10,589,025

$100,000,000,000

14

Turkey

780,580

72.5

87.4

77,804,122

$960,500,000,000

12.4

Turkmenistan

488,100

68.52

98.8

4,940,916

$36,900,000,000

60

Turks and Caicos Islands

430

79.11

98

23,528

$216,000,000

10

Tuvalu

26

64.75

10,472

$36,000,000

Uganda

236,040

53.24

66.8

33,398,682

$42,150,000,000

Ukraine

603,700

68.58

99.4

45,415,596

$305,200,000,000

8.4

United Arab Emirates

82,880

79.51

77.9

4,975,593

$246,800,000,000

2.4

United Kingdom

244,820

80.05

99

61,274,806

$2,173,000,000,000

7.9

United States of America

9,631,418

78.37

99

310,232,863

$14,660,000,000,000

9.7

Uruguay

176,220

76.21

98

3,510,386

$47,990,000,000

6.8

Uzbekistan

447,400

72.51

99.3

27,865,738

$85,850,000,000

1.1

Vanuatu

12,200

64.7

74

221,552

$1,137,000,000

1.7

Venezuela

912,050

73.93

93

27,223,228

$345,200,000,000

12.1

Vietnam

329,560

72.18

94

89,571,130

$276,600,000,000

2.9

Virgin Islands

352

79.33

90

109,775

$1,577,000,000

6.2

Wake Island

6

Wallis and Futuna

274

78.98

50

15,343

$60,000,000

15.2

West Bank

5,860

75.01

92.4

2,514,845

$12,790,000,000

16.5

Western Sahara

266,000

61.13

491,519

$900,000,000

Yemen

527,970

63.74

50.2

23,495,361

$63,400,000,000

35

Zambia

752,614

52.36

80.6

12,056,923

$20,040,000,000

14

Zimbabwe

390,580

49.64

90.7

11,651,858

$5,457,000,000

95

Interesting Statistics

Russia is the largest country with a size of 17,075,200km². Monaca is the smallest country with a size of 1km². Russia is over seventeen million times larger.

People from Angola have the shortest life expectancy, of just 38 years and 277 days. People from Monaco tend to live longest with a life expectancy of 89 years and 266 days. That is a difference of around fifty one years!

People from Burkino Faso tend to be very poorly educated, with only 21.8% of the population being able to Read and Write. Eight Countries / Territories have a 100% Literacy rating (meaning everyone in the country can Read and Write). These areas are: Greenland, Georgia, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Liechtenstein, Andorra and Holy See (Vatican City).

The Coral Sea Islands has a steady population of three people. China has a population at the moment of around 1,343,239,923. China’s population is 447,746,641 times larger than the Coral Sea’s.

Qatar has very good employment with only 0.5% out of work. Zimbabwe on the other hand has 95% of the population looking for work.